Top three bands are parkway drive, story of the year and a day to remember.

What about hiwatt and blackeart

you don't want a hiwatt, out of budget and more vintag-esque tone.

i haven't played anything by blackheart other than one of their mini stacks. that was a long time ago, and i don't really even remember.

i am not overly familiar with any of those bands, but a XXX/JSX 5150/6505 or a dual rec would likely do fine for all of them. choose which you like best.

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Originally Posted by Cathbard

See what I mean by, "they demonised it"? Tim's attitude is typical of what they did to everybody. The media drove that sort of Disney shit into everybody's brain. Only old farts like me missed it in our formative years.

Spiders are really bad. That's what gives line6 a bad smell. They made some good amps and some great preamp/DSP and then dropped the spider on everybody ruining the reputation they had been building.
Behringer stuff is functional at best. Cheap and nasty.

6505/5150, JSX/XXX/Ultra or a mesa dual rec.
A Vyper tube would probably satisfy you too. They have a 6505 power amp, analog modelling preamp plus effects.

Top three bands are parkway drive, story of the year and a day to remember.

What about hiwatt and blackeart

No to both. Neither are anything close to what you want.

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Originally Posted by Cathbard

Spiders are really bad. That's what gives line6 a bad smell. They made some good amps and some great preamp/DSP and then dropped the spider on everybody ruining the reputation they had been building.
Behringer stuff is functional at best. Cheap and nasty.

6505/5150, JSX/XXX/Ultra or a mesa dual rec.
A Vyper tube would probably satisfy you too. They have a 6505 power amp, analog modelling preamp plus effects.